The Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel’s comment on restricting the mushrooming of the app in India has garnered a rather agitated reaction by Indian users and as per the latest update, a group of hackers has claimed to have leaked data of more than 1.7 million Snapchat users.

As reported by a Leading Indian News Source, an anonymous group of hackers has claimed that they hacked the data last year.

This was a reaction that came to the Snapchat’s CEO Evan Spiegel’s remark on restricting the expansion of his app business in “Poor Countries” like India. The hackers claimed that they got their hands on the database of Snapchat and were able to siphon the data of 1.7 million app users. The data was released in the darknet which was a step of retaliation

Indian hackers are bug bounty hunters and they said that they had found the bug in Snapchat’s database last year but never thought to use the data until the arrogance of the CEO was out.

Snapchat haven’t confirmed any leak in their records. The comment of the CEO has already offended the India Users and this cam is seen on the social media as well where many antiSnapchat campaigns are running. As a result, the rating of Snapchat on app store has rolled down to 1 star from a shining 5 star. Even hashtags like #Uninstall-Snapchat and #BoycottSnapchat were trending on Twitter.

It was a former employee of Snapchat who disclosed that Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel said this statement in a meeting in 2015.

Offering their share of clarification an international spokesperson of Snap Chat said, This is ridiculous. Obviously, Snapchat is for everyone! It’s available worldwide to download for free,” “Those words were written by a disgruntled former employee. We are grateful for our Snapchat community in India and around the world,” the statement added.

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